Fu Zhong was thinking he might be executed, but instead he was taken to the commander's tent.
After the incident, a bearded man was seen drinking with a woman wearing only a tube top.
The woman's eyes were red and swollen, clearly showing her reluctance. Others might not be able to tell, but who was he? Having been in the palace for so long, what expression could escape his eyes?
"General, he is the only survivor among the group that just charged out."
The man looked up at him and said...
"From the capital?"
"yes."
There's nothing wrong with talking about this. Since he asked, he must know that the capital has sent troops to support them.
"Who is the commander-in-chief, and how many men did he bring?"
That can't be said; Fu Zhong is pretending to be mute.
The bearded man wasn't angry; he simply had the maid next to him pour him another glass of wine.
"Do you want to suffer or not?"
"There are plenty of ways to torture people. If you tell me, you'll suffer less. If what you say is useful, I might even spare your life."
Fu Zhong is a bit chubby, with a round face. He doesn't do any work in Shuhua Palace and just tries to make Xiao Lanhua happy every day. How could he not be chubby?
Being opportunistic and sycophantic is the fate of these crippled people in the palace, and it's their means of survival.
If you don't have some ability, how can you become the chief steward of the palace?
But now, Fuzhong doesn't really want to do that anymore.
The Imperial Concubine is really good to him, she treats him like a human being. Even though he is a servant, he is still a human being, isn't he?
"Look at what you're saying, who wants to suffer? But this is something we really can't talk about."
A soldier next to him kicked Fu Zhong to the ground, causing his helmet to fall off and his hair to come undone.
The bearded general raised his head and gestured.
“Pull his head up.”
Fu Zhong was pulled up by his hair, and his smooth neck, unlike that of the other soldiers, came into view.
The man examined his throat; there was no Adam's apple.
"Are you from the palace? A eunuch?"
"Eunuchs from the Great Yan Dynasty can now go to the battlefield?"
The general strolled up to Fu Zhong. Eunuchs were everywhere in the palace, but this was the first time he had ever seen one on the battlefield.
"General, you have a good eye."
Fu Zhong looked up and smiled at the people who had come to his side.
When was the first time I saw the Imperial Concubine?
It seems that back then I was just a cleaning eunuch in the flower shop, but I was favored by Eunuch Wang and could practice martial arts with him every day.
That day, as usual, I was bullied by others.
Just as I broke free, I ran into her.
At that time, she had just entered the palace.
Some noble ladies become concubines as soon as they enter the palace, but she is.
I heard that she has a very powerful older brother who is arrogant and domineering, and doesn't even respect the Empress Dowager.
Fu Zhong originally wanted to avoid her.
"Oh, so the palace eunuchs have some skills?"
Xiao Lanhua was extremely bored in the palace. This place, Sifangtian, wasn't as good as those young ladies had said. What was so good about it?
I see the same flowers, the same water, and the same people every day.
"Your Majesty, I learned some of that when I was a child."
Having learned the proper etiquette, Xiao Lanhua waved her handkerchief in a pretentious manner, not taking the matter to heart, and walked straight past Fu Zhong.
The young eunuch thought he had escaped a calamity, but then the nobleman stopped, turned around, looked at him, and said...
"Would you like to come work at Shuhua Palace and entertain me sometimes?"
In this deep palace, he had no right to refuse. Such a good thing would make others happy, but Fu Zhong only wanted to live. He wanted to refuse Xiao Lanhua, but he didn't have the courage.
The young eunuch could only kneel down with a smile and kowtow three times and nine times to the woman.
"Thank you for your appreciation, Consort Xiao. I will make sure to entertain you every day."
One after another, they kowtowed, and Qingsong said from the side.
"Alright, get up now. Do you really think my lady is some kind of monster?"
The next day, Fu Zhong arrived as promised.
Qingsong frowned at her tattered clothes.
"It's winter already, why are you still wearing only a single layer of clothing? Your clothes are all torn."
The young eunuch clutched the hem of his clothes tightly; these were the best clothes he could afford. He usually stayed in the greenhouse, so when winter clothes were distributed, Fu Zhong had given all his cotton-padded clothes to Eunuch Wang and the others.
Those lonely and helpless old eunuchs could not survive without cotton-padded clothes.
"I'm sorry, Auntie, this is..."
Fu Zhong thought that after this incident, Xiao Lanhua would definitely look down on him and send him far away.
However, Consort Xiao did not do so.
"Your Majesty, that little eunuch came yesterday, and he was wearing only a thin shirt even though it's the dead of winter. I felt cold just looking at him."
"Then let's find him some cotton-padded clothes. Can't our Shuhua Palace even afford to support a little eunuch?"
Fu Zhong felt a warmth in his heart as he changed clothes in the eunuchs' lodging. In all these years, this was the first time in the deep palace that someone had treated him like a human being.
Apart from the eunuchs at the center of power who were doing well, everyone else in the palace was sticking together for warmth.
Consort Xiao seems to be the most humane among the noble ladies of the Forbidden City.
Just a few cotton-padded coats?
Yes, just a few cotton-padded coats.
If it were any other master, he would have rolled his eyes at him long ago if he came to pay his respects dressed like that.
It's already a blessing that he wasn't punished.
"Your kung fu is alright. From now on, all the eunuchs in this palace will be under your command."
The girl lay lazily on the recliner, talking as Qingsong combed her hair beside her.
This surprise left Fu Zhong somewhat flustered, and he was speechless for a moment.
"What? You're not happy about it?"
The little eunuch immediately knelt on the ground.
"How could this servant be unhappy? This servant is just... just so happy that I don't know what to say."
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